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Posted: 6 days ago The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists' crafts, and the artists themselves. Art historians attempt to classify medieval art into major periods and styles, often with some difficulty. A generally accepted scheme includes the later phases of Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Byzanti…. Art Read View More Histories. early medieval artEarly medieval art Video
Early Medieval ArtFrom the outset, the collecting of illuminated manuscripts at The Cloisters was considered a delicate procedure, to be followed with prudence. It was felt by those involved in acquisitions that the bulk of material there should be architectural early medieval art, sculpture, and decorative arts—objects enhancing the environmental quality of the institution—and that manuscripts should more reasonably go to the incomparable Pierpont Morgan Library.
It was a wise guideline, as the rare exceptions to it admirably attest. After more than thirty-five years of collecting, only four manuscripts are in the library of The Cloisters: the Belles Heures of Jean, Duke of Earlh, the so-called Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, the Hours of Bonne of Luxembourg, and the book that early medieval art the subject here. Each became part of The Cloisters Collection because each is one of those rarest works of art that seem to speak about the qualities and essences of fully an epoch of art history.
The initial viewing of the Apocalypse manuscript while it was in possession of the dealer H. Kraus left no doubt but that this luminous fourteenth-century book, with its graceful paintings of near perfect balance, should join the very small group at The Cloisters. Subsequent discoveries about the book by Florens Deuchler have confirmed the immediate reaction.
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His discoveries, together with contributions by his colleague Atr Hoffeld and by Helmut Nickel, Curator of Arms and Armor, are the substance of the present publication. Husband, Timothy B. McPhee, Constance. Search for a Met publication from Publication type. Deuchler, Florens, Jeffrey M. Hoffeld, and Helmut Nickel Medieval Art.]
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